Telefonica Brasil sees investment of at least $7.2 bln thru 2017

SAO PAULO Aug 18 (Reuters) - Telefonica Brasil SA
, the local unit of Spain's Telefónica SA, plans to
invest at least 25 billion reais ($7.2 billion) between this
year and 2017, according to a securities filing published on
Tuesday.

Annual capital spending for this and next year at the São
Paulo-based telecommunications firm should stay between 8.4
billion reais and 8.8 billion reais, the filing said.